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Wrightslaw From Emotions to Advocacy Training
with Pat Howey, Paralegal and Advocate

Champaign, IL

Saturday, January 31, 2015


Wrightslaw From Emotions to Advocacy Conference, a Wrightslaw training program with Pat Howey, is being sponsored by the Champaign County Down Syndrome Network and ASI C-U Autism Network.

The program will be held at:


Hilton Garden Inn
1501 South Neil Street
Champaign, IL 61820

Program Description

In From Emotions to Advocacy training programs (one day, 6 hours), parent advocate Pat Howey teaches you how to take an active role in managing your child's special education, the gentle art of disagreeing, and how to maintain healthy working relationships with the school.

You will learn:

  • how to assess your child's strengths and needs
  • how to prepare a Parent Report for the IEP team
  • how to build healthy working relationships with school personnel
  • how to document information that may prevent or resolve disputes
  • how to participate as an equal member of your child's IEP team

Wrightslaw programs are designed to meet the needs of parents, educators, health care providers, advocates and attorneys who represent children with disabilities regarding special education. The program is not disability specific.

Agenda

8:00-9:00 a.m. Registration
9:00-10:30 a.m. Introductions
  • Section 1: Getting Started
  • Creating the Advocate's IEP, the Master Plan
  • Taming the Paper Trail
  • Goals and Strategies for the Advocate
  • The Parent as Project Manager
  • Advocacy 101: Learning the Rules of the Game
10:30-10:45 a.m. Break
10:45-12:00 p.m.
  • Obstacles to Success, Resolving Parent/School
  • Conflicts, Emergency, Crisis, Help
  • Evaluations and Your Child's Disability
  • Tests and Measurements 101
12:00-1:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00-2:30 p.m.
  • The Bell Curve
  • Charting Test Scores
  • Smart IEPs
  • Overview of IDEA - Findings, Purposes and Definitions
  • Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
  • No Child Left Behind
2:30-2:45 p.m.

Break

2:45-4:00 p.m.
  • Rule of Adverse Assumptions
  • Taming the Paper Trail - Documenting and Writing Letters and using the "Letter to a Stranger" Strategy
  • IEP Meeting Strategies and Common Problems
  • Putting it all together
4:00-4:30 p.m. Questions and Answers

Registration

Registration Fee Regular
Individual $65
Couples
(2 lunches & 1 set of books)
$95
Professional
(credit/units included
*)
$80

Click here to register online.

Download and distribute the conference flyer and registration form.

Your registration fee includes lunch, a deluxe Wrightslaw highlighter pen and copies of Wrightslaw: From Emotions to Advocacy, 2nd Edition and Wrightslaw: All About IEPs ($35.85 retail value).

* Credits: 2 Contact Hours for Professional Development for Early Intervention, 0.6 CEU's (continuing education units) through the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Education, and 5.5 Professional Development Clock Hours for ISBE have been approved for this conference.

Scholarships: Limited number of scholarships are available. Please email secretary |at| champaigndsn.org.

Accommodations: If you require special needs accommodations, please contact Kim Woolridge by email no later than January 3, 2015.

Refund Policy: If canceled prior to January 8, 2015, a full refund will be issued. No refunds will be issued after January 8, 2015.

Questions?
Contact Kim Woolridge by telephone at 217-778-6702 or email secretary |at| champaigndsn.org or telephone Amy Armstrong during daytime hours at 217-202-9834 or email amyarmstrong67 |at| gmail.com

Wrightslaw programs often fill up early! Space is limited - don't miss out! Register today!

Logistics, Directions, Accommodations

Directions

Please click here for directions to the Hilton Garden Inn.

Parking

Parking is free at the venue.

Airports

Willard Airport (CMI)
(5 miles to the conference venue)

Accommodations

For a list of local hotels click here.

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